Balasore: Balasore Cyber Police have arrested a Nigerian national Samson Emeke Alika from New Delhi for allegedly defrauding Rs 30 lakh from a person in Balasore using honey trap.
Balasore Cyber Police have brought Alika here on a three-day remand following his arrest.
Police have seized a laptop, Rs 6 lakh in cash, an invalid passport and another reportedly forged passport from Alika’s possession.
“On 13 January 2022 a complaint was registered at Balasore Cyber Police Station regarding honey trap and fraud transaction. The complainant after coming in contact with a woman from United Kingdom (UK) through Facebook had chatted through Whatsapp,” informed Meena Bindhani, Inspector-in-Charge of Balasore Cyber Police Station.
Bindhani told that the UK woman allegedly informed the complainant of having sent a gift of huge value containing gold biscuits, a Rolex watch and an i-phone.
“The complainant received a call over the phone, the caller identifying himself as a Customs Officer informed that a gift of high value in his name has arrived at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) from London for which he has to pay Custom charges to receive the gift. The complainant kept depositing Rs 2 lakh, Rs 3 lakh, Rs 4 lakh at different instances to the tune of around Rs 30 lakh. Then the complainant realised that he has been duped and lodged a complaint at the Balasore Cyber Police Station,” stated Bindhani.
Following investigation, we have arrested a Nigerian national Samson Emeke Alika who is currently residing in Delhi, she added.
She said that Alika doesn’t possess a valid passport which has expired since 2018 and added that another passport in his possession appears to be a forged one.
“We will be verifying that,” she said.
